Not sure if you will see this since your inbox has been neglected (what if I had been leaving daily messages begging you to come back??? WAS IT ALL FOR NAUGHT?) but I am so happy to see a new blog post here and read Millieish phrases like "severely recommend."
Also loling/crying over the greatest triumph (Gidget and Ralph Meeker) because that is somehow *still my life* and I'm about to turn 32. Sigh.
Also am I one of the four people? I hope I'm one of the four people.
Kate: First of all, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY.
Second, thank you! It was for naught though. I do get email notifications about comments sent to my current email, however.
Third, thank you for appreciating "severely recommend," because that is exactly how I felt!
It is a great life! And I often wish I had the self-discipline to keep up with it.
For sure one of the four people, and hello please write everyday so I can get my Millie fix.
Sarah: 💕💕💕 Always and forever!
So, I wander back to a classic film blog I used to read ages ago because hey, there's a new post...and find you talking about Messi and Suarez and braces scored in the Champions League. Which makes me grin delightedly, because, having discovered European football about two years ago and having by now completed the switch to thinking it's far better than the NFL, I thought I was the only young American female of my acquaintance (scratch that: the only person of my acquaintance) who's fascinated by what's going on in the Champions League and the Bundesliga and the Premier League and so forth.
Elizabeth: Thank you so much for you kind response, and for coming back to this long-dormant blog to check in!
International football is the best. I don't really follow US soccer, and I find American football to be impossibly boring (not to mention horrifically racist, etc, etc). I have been following Messi for like 10 years, so obvi Barca is my club! Overall, I do prefer La Liga to the other leagues, because they play at a high level--BUT WITH SO MUCH EMOTIONAL DRAMA. I live for the tears. Hahaha.
I LOVE THE BLUE CASTLE. But I think of it as a winter book, though I think I end up reading it in the spring/summer for some weird reason. But I WANT to read it in the winter.
And it's lovely to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the ankle brace and all!
Hamlette: !!!!! You were one of the four people I hoped would read of my return, obvi!
It's an all-seasons book really. And I totes get that winter vibe.
Lololololol. Funny you should mention it. I am almost certainly gonna watch Bad Times at El Royale, but not really sure why. The trailer just appeals to me. I don't like like half that cast, but I am looking forward to Cynthia Erivo and the look of the film is very me. Also, I do love Chris Hemsworth. I think he is best when he's being funny or off-kilter (not the straight-up action hero), and I definitely get that feel from the trailer!
I just bought The Blue Castle because I've never heard of it and now must read! If you have any more reading recs, please fire away!
Happy 1 year apartment anniversary!!!
So, we're prob going to dress up the staff at my store as James Bonds and Bond gals - so any tips on being Roger Moore-like would be most appreciated!
Casey; It's a good kind of overload! 😂 Thank you again!
Yesyesyesyesyes. I think you really love that one! Let me know what you think!
Wow. What a theme. Let me ponder this further!
Awww, I was one of the four? I'm honored!
Yes, Chris Hemsworth is by far at his best when he's being wacky and off-beat. Big part of why I adore Thor: Ragnarok more than any other on-their-own MCU movie.
IIRC, originally, Russell Crowe was gonna be in El Royale, I'm guessing in the role that Bridges has now. Shame. Crowe and Hemsworth together would've been epic. But the whole film really intrigues me, especially the "darkly humorous thriller" thing they keep calling it. Won't get to see it this weekend, but maybe next weekend, we'll see.
I KNEW you'd be a fan of The Fall.